P I! E F A C E. XV 



[, manv veai's ago , used to have a village bard, called a tukatuj panlun or storyteller 

 to recite his tales. This man was called Ki Gémbang and a dozen or 15 years ago, had 

 a great run of popular native favour, being in great request all over the Western parts 

 of the Province of Buitenzorg. The subject of such sagas is the olden time, when Paja- 

 jaran tlourished and over which the native of the present day sits the live- long night, lis- 

 tening to the deeds of those wlio have long slept with the past. Such legends are not 

 worth anything as matters of history, but are rich in native wit and humour, and found 

 to contain a vast deal of words, which are little heard in every day conversation. The 

 mantle of Ki Gémbang has now a days descended on his son. 



The last of my authorities, to whom I am perhaps the most indebted , is the present 

 Demang of Jasinga, Kaden Nata Wiréja, with whom I have gone over the whole dictio- 

 nary, that is all words of which I was not sufiiciently certain , and who durin^ several 

 nionths oi' 1854, at intervals, devoted a couple of hours per day, to assisting me with 

 the elucidation of difficult or doubtful words. 



No pains have been spared to render the work as correct and useful as possible; and 

 with this predication the author throws himself upon the good will of his readers. The 

 following resumé of the number of words under eaeh letter of the Alphabet mav be in- 

 teresting in various ways 



Under letter A are 438 words — awi counting as 1. 



chaw countinjr as 1. 



B 



» 



823 



SJ 



C 



;> 



407 



s> 



D 



;> 



261 



?> 



E 





95 



s> 



G 



>» 



437 



J> 



H 



5> 



292 



JJ 



I 



5) 



135 



3) 



J 



J> 



287 



y> 



K 



)> 



1.034 



ir 



L 



)) 



484 



ii 



M 



)) 



501 



5J 



N 



)> 



657 



?> 







)J 



69 



11 



P 



» 



937 



11 



n 



)> 



367 



1> 



& 



5» 



946 



11 



T 



J» 



819 



11 



u 



)> 



127 



1) 



w 



IC 



176 



11 



y 



)J 



16 



» 



huwi and hoih eountïng each 1 



ovai counting as 1. 

 padi counting as 1, 



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